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Apr 25 2014 10:35pm
Is it just me or is this worded weirdly? I don't even really understand the question...

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Apr 25 2014 10:53pm
guess based on your question it is just you :D
but it might be some other people as well :)

you are asked to find the limit of two infinite sums, one being the areas and the other being the perimeters of the squares

the starting square has area 7^2 = 49 square units area and 4x7 = 28 units of perimeter
the next square can be calculated using pytagoras with the side being the hypotenuse of the triangle, ie sqrt (2 x 3.5^2)
take note that the ratio between the squares will be constant, so you should be able to solve it from here
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Apr 25 2014 11:38pm
Quote (brmv @ Apr 25 2014 09:53pm)
guess based on your question it is just you  :D
but it might be some other people as well  :)

you are asked to find the limit of two infinite sums, one being the areas and the other being the perimeters of the squares

the starting square has area 7^2 = 49 square units area and 4x7 = 28 units of perimeter
the next square can be calculated using pytagoras with the side being the hypotenuse of the triangle, ie sqrt (2 x 3.5^2)
take note that the ratio between the squares will be constant, so you should be able to solve it from here


isnt it just Area * SUM{(1/2)^n} for n from 0 to infinity --> Area (or perimeter) * 2
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Apr 26 2014 07:21pm
Ugh, I hated WebAssign.
Used it for Calc I, II and III.
So glad I'll never have to use it ever again.
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